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CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
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WHEREAS, Florence Marie Hall, a philanthropist and admired |
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member of the Panhandle business community, is being posthumously |
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inducted into the Petroleum Hall of Fame on April 30, 2023; and |
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WHEREAS, The Petroleum Hall of Fame, established in 1967 by |
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the Permian Basin Petroleum Museum in Midland, recognizes |
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individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the |
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development of the petroleum industry or have served as worthy |
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examples to those in the petroleum industry; and |
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WHEREAS, The daughter of Granville and Florence Hall, Marie |
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Hall was born in Big Spring; she graduated from The Hockaday School |
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and Southern Methodist University and served as director of the |
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State National Bank of Big Spring; deeply devoted to West Texas, she |
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distinguished herself through her extensive charitable efforts; in |
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2011, she founded the FMH Foundation to support organizations and |
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programs focused on health sciences, rural health care, performing |
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and visual arts, and community and cultural endeavors, and over the |
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years, the foundation has provided nearly 600 grants to more than |
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130 agencies; Ms. Hall was president of the foundation until her |
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passing in 2017; and |
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WHEREAS, Among her accolades, Ms. Hall was named the 1987 |
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Woman of the Year by the Big Spring Area Chamber of Commerce and an |
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Outstanding Philanthropist by the Permian Basin Chapter of the |
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Association of Fundraising Professionals; moreover, she received |
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an honorary degree from Texas Tech University Health Sciences |
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Center as well as the Rosalind Redfern Library Benefactor Award and |
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the Turner Award from the Museum of the Southwest; and |
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WHEREAS, Through her enduring commitment to Big Spring and |
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communities across West Texas, Marie Hall built a legacy that will |
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continue to resonate in the years to come, and she is indeed a |
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worthy addition to the Petroleum Hall of Fame; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the 88th Legislature of the State of Texas |
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hereby honor the memory of Florence Marie Hall on the occasion of |
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her posthumous induction into the Petroleum Hall of Fame and pay |
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tribute to her life and achievements; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for her family as an expression of high regard by the Texas |
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House of Representatives and Senate. |